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Byline: Steven Levy
Former champ Garry Kasparov still sees the world in terms of pawns and kings--and thinks you should, too.
No one, ever, was a greater master of the chessboard than Garry Kasparov, whose 22-year reign as world champion set a standard for dominance. During his time at the top, Kasparov made his mark outside the competitive arena as well, working constantly to bolster the popularity of the game and especially arguing for its place in the computer era. (It was an act of bravery for him--and a net gain for chess--to take on IBM's Deep Blue machine in 1997, a match he lost. To this day, he contends that IBM gave its machine timely human guidance, a charge IBM has denied.) In retirement, Kasparov, now 44, is taking on an even more formidable foe in his native Russia: Vladimir Putin. Kasparov aborted his run for Russian president late last year, but remains one of the most vocal dissidents in the land. Recently the former champ, who retired in 2005, wrote "How...
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